Anaerobes (from chart) Flashcards
General features of anaerobes
- Mixed infections
- remove toxic O2 forms
- fermentation
Anaerobes live at _____
low redox potential (generated by other organisms)
Anaerobes produce ______
abcesses
Anaerobes (general) virulence factors?
- Normal flora that enter unprotected areas
- anaerobiosis either exits or generated by other organisms
- tissue destructive enzymes -> abcesses
Common anaerobic abcesses…
- Abdominal
- Salpingitis
- Lung
- URT
- Brain
All anaerobic organisms
- Bacterioides fragillis
- Prevotella melaninogenica
- Porphyromonas gingivalis
- Fusobacterium
- Peptostreptococcus
- Propionibacterium
- Clostridium (bot, tet, perf, diff)
Anaerobic Gram Negative bacteria
Bacterioides, Prevotella, Porphyromonas, Fusobacterium
Anaerobic Gram Positive bacteria
Peptostreptococcus, Propionibacterium, Clostriduim
Anaerobe bacteria treatment
Drainage*
PenG
Metronidazole and Clindamycin
*Drainage allows O2 in
PenG not given to _____ and _____
Because they are ______________
Bacterioides and Prevotella
Beta-Lactam resistant
2nd line Antibiotics for Anaerobes
2nd and 3rd gen Cephalosporins and Carbapenems
Bacterioides Structure
Gram - Rod
Bacterioides features
60% of abdominal bacteria
Can live as monoculture
Bacterioides clinical
- Colonic
- 70% of anaerobic bacteremia
Most common
Bacterioides virulence
- Antiphagocytic capsule
- Enzyme production
- LPS
Bacterioides enzymes
- SOD and Catalase
- Neuraminidase and Heparinase
Prevotella Structure
Gram - Coccobacillus
Prevotella clinical
- Oral
- Brain and Lung abcesses
Prevotella enzymes
Collagenase
Porphyromonas structure
Gram - Rod
Porphyromonas Clinical
- Oral
- Gingivitis
- Oral Abscess
Carriers of Porphyromonas
Warm and moist areas
-Axilla, groin, perineum